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<span class=large>THE BOOK OF MOSIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 16
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God redeems men from their lost and fallen state—Those who are carnal remain as though there was no redemption—Christ brings to pass a resurrection to endless life or to endless damnation.  About 148 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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And</span> now, it came to pass that after Abinadi had spoken these words he stretched forth his hand and said: The time shall come when all shall see the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Salvation.">salvation</a> of the Lord; when <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 20 (20-21).">every</a> nation, kindred, tongue, and people shall see eye to eye and shall <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/16/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 27: 31; D&C 88: 104.">confess</a> before God that his <sup>d</sup><a href="mosiah/16/1d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Justice.">judgments</a> are just.
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And then shall the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 91: 8; Jer. 12: 1; D&C 1: 9 (9-10).">wicked</a> be <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 52: 5; D&C 63: 54.">cast</a> out, and they shall have cause to howl, and <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/16/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Matt. 13: 42 (41-42); Luke 13: 28; Alma 40: 13; Moses 1: 22.">weep</a>, and wail, and gnash their teeth; and this because they would not <sup>d</sup><a href="mosiah/16/2d" mark="d" type="A" title="Jer. 44: 16; Ether 11: 13.">hearken</a> unto the voice of the Lord; therefore the Lord redeemeth them not.
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For they are <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gal. 5: 19 (16-26); Mosiah 3: 19.">carnal</a> and devilish, and the devil has power over them; yea, even that old serpent that did <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 3: 13; 2 Ne. 9: 9; Ether 8: 25; Moses 4: 19 (5-19).">beguile</a> our first parents, which was the <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/16/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Moses 5: 13.">cause</a> of their fall; which was the cause of <sup>d</sup><a href="mosiah/16/3d" mark="d" type="C" title="Ps. 14: 3; TG Man, Natural, Not Spiritually Reborn.">all</a> mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, <sup>e</sup><a href="mosiah/16/3e" mark="e" type="A" title="Gen. 3: 5; 2 Ne. 2: 18 (18, 26); Alma 29: 5; Moro. 7: 16 (15-19).">knowing</a> evil from good, <sup>f</sup><a href="mosiah/16/3f" mark="f" type="A" title="Alma 5: 41 (41-42); D&C 29: 40.">subjecting</a> themselves to the devil.
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Thus all mankind were <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/4a" mark="a" type="C" title="2 Ne. 9: 7; Alma 11: 45; Alma 12: 36; Alma 42: 6 (6, 9, 14); TG Fall of Man.">lost</a>; and behold, they would have been endlessly lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state.
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But remember that he that persists in his own <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Carnal Mind; TG Man, Natural, Not Spiritually Reborn.">carnal</a> nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Spiritual.">devil</a> hath all power over him.  Therefore he is as though there was no <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/16/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 10: 6; 2 Ne. 2: 6 (5-8); 2 Ne. 25: 20; Alma 12: 22 (22-25).">redemption</a> made, being an enemy to God; and also is the <sup>d</sup><a href="mosiah/16/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Devil.">devil</a> an enemy to God.
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And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to come <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 25: 26 (24-27); Jarom 1: 11; Mosiah 3: 13.">as</a> though they had already come, there could have been no redemption.
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And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 13: 14; Mosiah 15: 8 (8, 20).">sting</a>, there could have been no resurrection.
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But there is a <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 10; Alma 42: 15 (6-15).">resurrection</a>, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Cor. 15: 55; Morm. 7: 5.">death</a> is swallowed up in Christ.
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He is the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/9a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ether 3: 14; Moro. 7: 18; D&C 88: 13 (7-13); TG Jesus Christ, Light of the World.">light</a> and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.
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Even this mortal shall put on <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/10a" mark="a" type="C" title="Alma 40: 2; TG Immortality.">immortality</a>, and this <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Cor. 15: 42.">corruption</a> shall put on incorruption, and shall be brought to <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/16/10c" mark="c" type="C" title="3 Ne. 26: 4; TG Jesus Christ, Judge.">stand</a> before the bar of God, to be judged of him according to their works whether they be good or whether they be evil—
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If they be good, to the resurrection of <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 12: 2 (2-3); John 5: 29 (28-29).">endless</a> life and <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Happiness.">happiness</a>; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of <sup>c</sup><a href="mosiah/16/11c" mark="c" type="C" title="Alma 9: 11; TG Damnation.">endless</a> damnation, being delivered up to the devil, who hath subjected them, which is damnation—
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Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires; having never called upon the Lord while the arms of mercy were extended towards them; for the arms of mercy were extended towards them, and they would <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Rejection of.">not</a>; they being warned of their iniquities and yet they would not depart from them; and they were commanded to repent and yet they would not repent.
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And now, ought ye not to tremble and repent of your sins, and remember that only in and through Christ ye can be saved?
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Therefore, if ye teach the <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Law of Moses.">law</a> of Moses, also teach that it is a <sup>b</sup><a href="mosiah/16/14b" mark="b" type="C" title="Mosiah 13: 31; Alma 25: 15 (15-16); TG Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation.">shadow</a> of those things which are to come—
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Teach them that redemption cometh through Christ the Lord, who is the very <sup>a</sup><a href="mosiah/16/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 5.">Eternal</a> Father.  Amen.
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